[QEMU Guest Agent for FreeBSD 12.1]

hm.... copy & paste?

[DSM MAC address changed by VMM]

Recently I reinstalled my build (DS3617xs/6.1.7) using a set of serial/mac(starting with 02:11:32) generated by Docker/DDSM. Everything went smooth until I create a new host in VMM, the mac of the DSM was changed to another random address(#1). I rebooted the DSM and kept looking at the router, the DSM started with 02:11:32 but later when the VM started, the DSM mac was changed again to another random address different from #1. I checked the grub.cfg of the usb drive and it wasn't changed. Now I am sure the DSM mac was changed during either the creation of a new VM or the startup of an existing one. Are there any methods to stop this?

[QEMU Guest Agent for FreeBSD 12.1]

After several attempts I figured out how to install the qemu-guest-agent in FreeBSD 12.1 without wasting G of space and hours of compiling this and that. Here are the instructions, for those who might need it:

# install all required binaries
pkg install -y gettext-runtime git glib gmake pkgconf python37

# update the port tree
portsnap auto

# use qemu41 instead 
mv /usr/ports/emulators/qemu /usr/ports/emulators/qemu42 && ln -s /usr/ports/emulators/qemu41 /usr/ports/emulators/qemu

# download the qemu-guest-agent source and compile/install it
git clone https://github.com/aborche/qemu-guest-agent.git /usr/ports/emulators/qemu-guest-agent
cd /usr/ports/emulators/qemu-guest-agent
make install clean

# restore the port tree
rm /usr/ports/emulators/qemu && mv /usr/ports/emulators/qemu42 /usr/ports/emulators/qemu

# enable the guest agent in rc.conf
sysrc qemu_guest_agent_enable="YES"
sysrc qemu_guest_agent_flags="-d -v -l /var/log/qemu-ga.log"

# load the VirtIO console and make it permanent
kldload virtio_console
echo 'virtio_console_load="YES"' >> /boot/loader.conf

# start the guest agent
service qemu-guest-agent start

It could still take around 30 mins tho.

 

Reference: https://github.com/aborche/qemu-guest-agent

[QEMU Guest Agent for FreeBSD 12.1]

6 hours ago, flyride said:

You could have mentioned that you found, and are not able to use the Syno builds.

 

"qemu guest agent bsd"

https://github.com/aborche/qemu-guest-agent

 

Yeah I read that also. Failed initially and found out the port tree was updated to a new version. After redirected to the correct version all is good. Just somehow the whole process installed over 1G of files and spent hours to compile so that I can shutdown from the VMM isn't quite justifying... XD

[QEMU Guest Agent for FreeBSD 12.1]

I read that already. Not really helpful. There is no prebuild qemu-guest-agent for FreeBSD.

[QEMU Guest Agent for FreeBSD 12.1]

I am running 1.02b DS3617xs/6.1.7 and I created a virtual machine running FreeBSD 12.1 on the Virtual Machine Manager from Synology. When I want to power off the vm it said I dont have the guest agent installed. I tried looking for it in FreeBSD ports and packages but cannot get any meaningful progress. Can anyone point me to the right direction please?

[DSM 6.2 Loader]

Nevermind. v1.03b doesn't work for me. 

[DSM 6.2 Loader]

Can I use  v1.03b loader to install DSM 6.1.7 first, so that I can upgrade to 6.2 later?